Genealogy & Family History Weekly Newsletter - Thursday, March 31, 2016

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Top new questions this week: Transfering money between England and New South Wales (Australia) in 1850s? I have the original Accounts Rendered document prepared in London, England for my GX3 Grandmother Mrs Kate Fitzmaurice and dated April 1851. This document shows the distribution of the estate of her ... england australia new-south-wales finance 1850s   asked by Helen Shimitras 6 votes answered by Danny Barber 2 votes What did a 'chemist' do in the 1920s? My great-aunt Susan Jane Wright declared her occupation as chemist/chemistry when she arrived in Canada from the UK on at least two occasions in the 1920s. Given the family background, I'm pretty ... united-kingdom occupation 1920s   asked by ColeValleyGirl 5 votes answered by AdrianB38 4 votes How can I process this image to extract more of the information I'm researching my grand-uncles James Daniel Wright and Frank Leslie Wright (brothers of my grand-father) who went over to Canada as British Home Children with their younger sister in 1912. ... united-states canada images   asked by ColeValleyGirl 4 votes answered by bgwiehle 3 votes Finding cause of death in 1909 for Scotsman James McMillan in Nagasaki, Japan? James McMillan was chief engineer for the Straits Steamship Company on the Perak in 1908, working between Singapore, Port Swettenham and Penang. This information is contained in a letter written to ... japan 1900s-decade cause-of-death   asked by JayJay 2 votes Why might Illogan and Gwythian parishioners marry in 1749 at Phillack, Cornwall? My 5th great grandparents William Angove and Elizabeth Hocking married on 19 Nov 1749 at Phillack, Cornwall, with William being of the parish of Gwythian and Elizabeth being of the parish of Illogan. ... england marriage-records cornwall 1740s   asked by PolyGeo 2 votes answered by ColeValleyGirl 5 votes Finding records for indentured servants in South Carolina? We strongly suspect that our ancestor, Elizabeth Turley, who married Meredith Helm, came to South Carolina as an indentured servant. She was born in Speldhurst, England in 1778, and was the only one ... united-states england 18th-century south-carolina indentured-servant   asked by Kathy 2 votes What is Ellen M Berry's relationship in this Census Record? I'm looking at the 1880 census record for a Ellen M Berry. She stuck out to me as odd, being much younger than anyone else in the family, despite the transcription saying she was a daughter. She also ... census-records palaeography relationship-mapping 1880s   asked by PearsonArtPhoto 2 votes answered by Jan Murphy 2 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: Finding WW2 Royal Navy Records related to Glendower, Pembroke and other bases/ships? Are there likely to be records to access for more information for my father (deceased in 1993)? He served aboard a number of ships (land sites) from 1943-46. I have his certificate of service ... military-records world-war-2 navy   asked by willaim howard 8 votes answered by Fortiter 5 votes How long do results typically take for Ancestry DNA test? I ordered a family DNA test from Ancestry.com and sent it in for lab processing, they received it and the web page shows: Test in Process: Lab processing began on 02/26/2015 It is now four days ... ancestry.com dna   asked by WilliamKF 3 votes answered by CRSouser 6 votes Can you answer this? How many generations back is suggested by 6 mutations on a yDNA-67 match? I have a yDNA-111 test that finds a match with a yDNA-67 test with 6 mutations and a name variation, Thorp vs Tharp. Statistically, how many generations away would our common ancestor be to give a ... statistics y-dna   asked by WilliamKF 1 vote

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